Nginx doesn't suck at SSL after all

Re:Nginx doesn't suck at SSL after all by benblack on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @05:10PM (#2760701)

I am recommending that people who do not understand the trade-offs and do not have the traffic for it to matter should probably leave those safe defaults alone. What the banks choose to do is unfortunate, but should not dictate behavior. If all the banks chose to jump off a bridge, etc.

Recommending people unfamiliar with configuring SSL leave defaults alone is only incompatible with our having non-default config if you are implying I don't understand configuring SSL. I doubt that is what you mean, as I am ever the optimist.

Yay!,

Lil' B

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Re:Nginx doesn't suck at SSL after all by tptacek on Wednesday July 13, 2011 @05:17PM (#2760726)

Turning off DHE is safe. I assume you agree with this, because your SSL server appears unable to do DHE. But whether you agree or not, ephemeral DH is not necessary for secure SSL. As Adam Langley pointed out himself: enabling DHE without knowing what you're doing can create more security problems, because your parameters can be insecure.

I'm having trouble parsing the rest of your comment. I don't have a religious belief about what defaults are reasonable to muck with and which aren't, but: this particular one is fine to change.

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